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'No. 507,221. Patented on. 24, 1 893..

1 board or for trousers.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED J. HARKSEN, OFv HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ADDISON B.FLESHER, OF SAME PLACE.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 507,221, dated October24, 1893.

Application filed January 21, 1893. Serial No. 459,230. (No model.)

F0 all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ALFRED J. HARKSEN, of.IIoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and usevention consists in the novel constructionhereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved ironingboard complete and ready for use as a skirt- Figs. 2 and3 are perspective views of the two parts of the same separate, Fig. 3representing the part which is adapted by itself for use as asleeve-board.

Upon a suitable base A is erected a stand- 25 ard B from which projectsin one direction an arm 0. The said arm 0 is preferably formed with aregular curve from the point 0 to its extremity, substantially asrepresented. This arm, supported as described, is adapted 0 for pressingsleeves, cuffs, and other portions of garments having curved seams.

The skirt-board D is adapted to be supported by the standard B and arm 0and for this purpose it is provided on its under side 3 5 with a block Ewhich is fitted to the curve of the arm G from its lowest point 0 to itshighest point 0. The skirt-board D also has a loop F which is adapted toengage the notched rear end 0 of the arm 0, as represented in Fig. 1,and near the other end of the block E are provided pins G, G, which areadapted to engage the arm 0. Between the curved portion of the arm 0 andits notched rear end 0 a depression is formed as at a so that when theskirt-board has been placed in position after the loop has been engagedwith the said end 0 it cannot be shifted longitudinally with respect tothe arm 0. The pins G, G, prevent lateral displacement of the frontportion of the skirt-board.

The mode of use of my improved ironingboard will be readily understoodfrom the foregoing and need not be described further herein.

I claim as my invention In an ironing-board, the combination with a baseA, a standard B, and a curved arm 0, of a skirt-board having secured onits under side a block to fit the curved arm, a loop to engage the rearend of the said arm and pins to engage the forward portion of said arm,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED J. HARKSEN.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR J. LEVY, OH. HOFFMANN.

It ishereby certified that the residence of the assignee in LettersPatent No. 507,221, granted October 24, 1893, upon the application ofAlfred J. Harksen, of Hoboken, New Jersey, for an improvementin{Ironing-Boards, was erroneously written and printed of same place,(i. 0., Hoboken, New Jersey); that said residence should have beenwritten and printed New York, New York and that the said Letters PatentI should be read vwith this correction therein that the same may conformto the record of k the casein the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 31st day of October, A. D. 1893.

JNO. M. REYNOLDS, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[SEAL] Gountersigned:

' JOHN S, SEYMOUR,

Commissioner of Patents.

